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War on Drugs

Life Goes on Day After Day

Charles Oliver | 7.23.2015 6:00 AM

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Police in Merseyside, England, have agreed to pay £5,000 to settle a false arrest claim by George Wilson. Wilson was arrested for giving a homeless man £1 by a police officer who thought it was a drug deal.

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Charles Oliver is a contributing editor at Reason.

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